(CNN) -- Holders Barcelona will face Inter Milan, pitting Samuel Eto'o and Zlatan Ibrahimovic against their former clubs, after the draw for the Champions League group stage was made in Monaco on Thursday.

This year's champions League group stage sees Barcelona and Inter Milan paired together.

Barcelona, who beat Manchester United 2-0 in last May's final in Rome, and Inter will be joined by Ukrainian champions Dynamo Kiev and Rubin Kazan of Russia in Group F of the competition.

Ten former champions and eight Champions League debutants go into action in the 32-team format split into eight groups of four while a quartets of teams from England and Spain will battle for victory.

Group A pits four-time champions Bayern Munich against two-time holders Juventus, French champions Bordeaux and Maccabi Haifa of Israel.

In Group B, Manchester United, European champions in 1968, 1999 and 2007 and beaten finalists last year, will go up against German champions Wolfsburg, Turkey's Besiktas and Russians CSKA Moscow.

United manager Sir Alex Ferguson told the club's official Web site: "These are difficult ties, especially the trips to Russia and Turkey.